Cuttle-fish-bone holder



July l8,' 1933. H. SCHALL ET AL 1,918,429

CUTTLE FISHBONE HOLDER Filed May 9, I932 INVENTORS #525567" Jaw r @W' (9am ATTORNEY to aid the bir ds inlniaintainingqtheir'bills; ,tral twisted portion to; defi and wiresand the cage bars to which they'are coinpanying. drawing, in which" exemplary. v7

LQlSJlZQY HERBERT QHA i MA GA WQ tasca? 1 l AppiieationifildHave; 1932 e1o;o sl j'.

The'p esent invention relates to improves": inglv held itiogetli'e'rnfetajne'd ments'in "cuttle-fis'h-bone holders for bird' within-the cage,"Without. lo'ose or moving: cages and particularly toa novel euttle -fish- I: parts and "without thejeniployment f d; bone holder having horizontal andvertical hesives. 1 w v supports integral with each other, for, secur-A [As a modifiedzformfofztl e"present inven= 1 ing portions ofcuttle fish-bone in thecages. t10n,,another ob ect is to providetwo lengths Cuttle-fish-bone'is derived fromi the cuttle-f of .wire, twisted"together"lengthwi and"; g fish. It is a suitable product for the use of along the greater ce'ljitrjal portion thereof, I U

birds in their cages, and is readily adapted having armsextending}radially'of said censubstantially and claws in smooth',rou'nd and sharpened. W-itlrsuclroentralsection; X-. shape ',,said condition. To cut'or trim these bills and radial arms terminating on'respe'ctive'ffoppo Y claws by artificial means, often injures the site sideso'fgsuehcentraltwistedtiportion' delieate tissuesthat lie near-the same, thus yokes. e causing unk'nownsufieringwCuttle-fislnbone The foregoingfl'and such uother objectsof holdersheretofore commonly used areip'rothe present invention, as"williappearinherein vided with tin banjdsor exposed wireswhich after asthe description roeeedsgfwill befiror'e come loose, thus allowing the birds to catch readily understood iii-om the following their toes,legs'and wings between such bands specification, reference" beingjhad' to the 1 ac afiixed. Cement and glue-liavel,been-em forms of the invention areshownz': ployed in the making of cuttle-fish bone Fig. 1 is an exterior fragnientary'view in] a holders, but theknownharmful efiects of such perspective of a bird cage illustrating our -1 T products'on the birds, prevents a wider use cut'tle-fish bone holder assemblvl r i of suchdevices. 1 r; n Fig. 2-is 'abottom-perspeotive view-of the- In the present invention, the-cuttle-fishcuttle-fish-bone'holder illustrated in Fig. 1. bone holderonce securelyifastened in the cage", -'Fig. 3 is aarear elevationiof amodified'forml .1- in our devioe, is unable'to work loose. Tin-*zofa cuttleffishzbon'e holder.= 1 n bands/and exposed wires"'cannot'harm-the *T h'e invention'preferably comprises a l 0 birds and adhesivesdisliked bythebirdsare I single-piece of wire; bent to defineesubstan 1 also eliminated. -We thus providea @pr'aetL tiallya'right angle,ihavinga V-shapedbase 1 cal holder for the cuttle fishrbone and one 11 andWparallel vertical-segments-12 andl3, i"

that is most suitable for. use in the cages. such vertical. segments-1'ending'in. integral l -Oneof the prime objects ofthisinvention yokes 14 and .15 bent-l'horizontally "anddown- H is to provide a outtle-fish-bone holder}for :wardlvparallel tosuchverticalsegments and the use ofbirds in their cages, having a single of a much lesser length than said segmentsx piece of wire bent into horizontaland ver ThesegmentsalQ and 13 are. b nti eright. I I tical integral supports, to define substantially angles tothe plane of they-shaped bagel-1g j as a unit,'a right angle,.a'nd held bysuitablesi The segmentsTlQ and '13 endinparallel hooks v I seeuringrneans to portions ofcuttle-fish-bone and15, n tegra'htherewith; bent outwardly desired to beplace'd in: afcagefyi: r t ofsaid vertlca'l segmentsand adapt d'toov rf Q It'is another object .of thepresent inven-i': lieand dependinglygengage a: s ba 15 tionto provide such integral horizontal'and of a blrd cage as'shownin'Figureil.-, vertical supports for bird cages, Whereinby' Coiled: about-thezsegmentsl2 and 13, are U means of books, outwardly turned from the provided contraotile spr'in'gs "l'Z a-nd 18,1'exf H ends of such vertical supports, the entire tending longitudinally around sjqch s holder may be dependingly heldin acage; merits stroll springsphaving'their'upper ends. I '-It is another objectiof the ilivention here lg-311d. 2O freeand bentto form-Lthe .hooks' j 1 6o in,to provideacuttle-fish-boneholder;where- },19andQOQinthe.dlrectionof,thebasell of i in portions of cuttlefishbone may be yield the support and adapted-to:engage af'pieeerofil q cjuttle-fi'sh-bone 21, held between such hooked ends 19 and 20 and. a piece of horizontally held cuttl'e fish-bone '22. I

f The piece of horizontally held ent tle-fish bone '22, is supported by the base 11 of the device and by the contractile spring 23, which a oints the vertex of the base 11' to a cutout portion 24lon the underside of the horizontallyj held piece of cuttle-fi'sh-bone22. The sprlng j means17 and 18 and 23, of the device,'i'1npart a'resiliency to it-for yieldingly retaining both pieces of Cuttlefish-bone in right-angle ].uXta

position. Spring 23 has looped "hooked terminals and 26.

19' and 20 of the longitudinally disposed springs 17 and 18, are likewiselooped to pre vent injury to" the birds, should the assembly becomedisengaged torwany reason. In as,

sembly, after obtaining pieces of cuttle-fishbone ofthe-fldesired, shapes, as shown in the drawings, the horizontal piece 22 'lS-IIlOllIllIGCl on the base 11 of the support with its flat end positioned against the inside-portions of the vertical segments of the support, transverse the same-where the said segments adjoin the base. The-coil 23 is attached to the vertex 7 Of'thgjibfis -11j anrd-, to the cut-out portion of V the horizontal '-'c'uttle+fish-bone-,; The; vertimoved from Where the base joins the vertical 1 t cally disposed portion ofcuttlefish-bone is "30:

then placed in position transverse and near the Hat end of the horizontal. piece of cnttlefishl'ionle, against the vertical coils 17 and '18.-v Thehooked ends 19 and 20 of thecoils 17 and 18 are stretchedfland"fastened tothetop of th ,yertical" piece of cnttle-fish-bone, The' coils 17 and 18 are curled at their lower endsabout the base 11 ofthe support, a bit rese'gments of the support. hen abird lights upon the horizontah portion of cuttle-fishbone, its weight tendsto depress the same, and

, the contractile-features of. the springs tend to keep thedepressed portion in normal rela-v tionship :With'the other portion of cuttlefish bone: Theholder doesnotfcome in contact withthebird "and likelihood of injury'is, re-

'mote; The flat end of the horizontal Cuttlefish-bone, where-"it meets the vertical segnientsof the support, is notched to permit, ofa closefit betweensaidsegments andthe 1 end.

In the, modified form of our'invention, shown in Figure 3, two lengths of wire are i twistedtogether lengthwise and centrallyof 55 each other-so as to IeaVearms-QT, "28, 29.and 30oradially disposed to such-center section so tw isted, and in the same plane" therewith," said radially disposed arms, terminating in yokes 31 and 32, S3 and 34,- .todefine asub- "stantially X-shaped device, said yokes bent horizontally and forwardlyof saidicentral Section." .Around the central twisted section of these wires, there is coiled ,spring 35, lon r gi-tudinally'wound .havingends '86 and' '37f :hOOkfidtO the cut-out portions38and 39 of The upper free ends thecuttle-fish vbone which it'is'desired to eniploy in the holder, In placing the holder in the cage, the yokes are spread apart to grasp therebetween, vertical bars 40, and ll of a cage. WVhen such ,bars have been so grasped,

the resiliency of the holder will naturally draw the cuttle-fish-bone to the bars of the cage as the radial;arms-contract." Thus a;

secured holder is afforded, which may be readily detached from the cage.

" lVhile-the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown and described in, the foregoing, it" is tobe understood that thisinventio' n is capable of embodying numerous va'r1- '8 ations in structural detail and modifications '1 as .to form, Withoutrdepartingtfrom thespirit of the invention nor= the,-seope otthe,,ap

pended claims. 1 v We claim:

v t. 1, A cuttle-fish-boneholderjfor comprising; a horizontal support. formed of;

Wire, a pair of vertically disposed hooked segments integral with said horizontal sup-,-

port, and means for securinguportions of 0,

2. A cuttle-fish-bone holder for, cages cuttle hone-in said holder.v

comprising a horizontal .-V-shaped wire support, a pair of -ver.tically disposed hooked segments integral therewith, and means for securing portions 'o't cuttle-bone in said;

holder; 3 e

. cuttle-fish-boneholder I for bi'rd cagesf comprising a horizontal V-shaped 'Wire support, a pair of vertically disposed hooked: segments integral therewith, and spring means for securing portions of cuttl'e-bonein said holder.

4. A cuttle-fish-bone holder. bird cages; v

formingsubstantially ,a' right-angle, com-e,

prisingja horizontal V-shaped wire base, a:; 2 pair of verticallydisposed segments integral therewith, each provided witha hook adapt- J,

ed to dependingly engage the crossbar bf a, means'fQrsecu'riHgpQr: tionsof cuttle fisheboneii'n s'aidholderivv 5. A Cuttlefish-bone holder forbirdcagesk bird cage, and spring including a length ofwire, hooks formed in the ends of said Wire adapted to engage vaI' cross-bar of a bird cage, vertically downward- I 1y disposed segmentslof said wire adjoining 5' said books, a horizontally disposed V-shaped base' joining a said vertical segments at a right angle thereto,'a coiledtensionspring member having hooked. terminals adapted to connect the vertex of said Veshaped' basewith a piece of cuttle-fishebon'e held horizontally thereon, a: tension spring coiled about each the horizontally held cuttle-fish-bone.

' e; A cuttle-fish-bone holder for bird a e including a length of: wire, hooks formed inf the ends of said Wire adapted: tofidependingly engage a cross-bar of a bird cage, vertically; downwardly disposedsegmonts of said wire adjoining said hooks, a, horizontally disposed V-shaped portion joining said vertical se'g-I ments at substantially a rightangle thereto,

a coiled tension spring member having hooked terminals adapted to connect the Var tex of said v shaped portion with a piece of tension ooiled about. eaohrrtiool siegv ment and fixedly jsecurednt its lower "end'and V I having afre'e upper end provided'with a. hook adapted to engage. a piece of outtle-fish bone held botween said hookrand the horizontally 0 hold louttlo-fish-bone; 1 v i i HERBERT soHALIlT.

Y f QMARGARETA -D; NELSON. cuttle-fish boneheld horizontally thereon, a v g l 

